Article of furniture



April 1, 1941. J. B. ROCK 2,236,951

ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Filed Dec. 6, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor Lia/2225. 5002f,

M A iiorneys April 1, 1941 J. 15. ROCK ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Filed Dec 6, 1939 2 Shaets-Sheet 2 Inventor Attorneys Patented Apr. 1 1941 NETED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTICLE OF FURNITURE John B. Rock, Lake Luzerne, N. Y.

Application December 6, 1939, Serial No. 307,928

1 Claim.

This invention relates to furniture generally, and more particularly to chairs, settees, and the like for use as toys, or for the use of children or adults; and an object of the invention is to provide such an article of furniture which can be cheaply manufactured, and sold in knock-down form to be readily set up by the purchaser, whether the same be sold as a toy or a bona fide article for actual use by children or adults.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure l is a side elevational view of the chair set up for use.

Figure 2 is a front elevational View thereof.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the chair, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail elevational view illustrating certain details of construction hereinafter more fully referred to.

Referring more in detail to the drawings it will be seen that in the preferred embodiment thereof the chair comprises a pair of feet members 5 in the form of boards or slats of suitable width and which for substantially half the length thereof have inclined or sloping upper edges 6.

Adapted to be secured to and to rise vertically from the feet 5 are arm supports or standards I, the standards 1 being preferably arranged in pairs and at their lower ends nailed or otherwise secured in a quick detachable manner to the feet 5 as at 8.

For the seat there are provided front and rear cross-bars 9 and N] that at their respective opposite ends rest on the edges of the feet 5 and are nailed or otherwise secured as at H to the rear vertical edges of the standards or arm rest supports 7.

The cross-bars 9 and it have the upper edges thereof slightly beveled and the bar 8 is materially wider than the bar so that the seat slats 12 are supported thereby in a rearwardly inclined position.

The slats l2, which may be of any desired number, according to whether the article of furniture is to be a chair or a settee, are nailed or otherwise secured adjacent the ends thereof to the bars 9 and ill by nails or other quickly removable fastening elements l3.

Arm rests i l in the form of narrow elongated strips of wood or other suitable material, are supported by the standards I and substantially wedge-shaped braces l5 mounted on the outer sides of the standards 1 and secured thereto through the medium of nails or other easily removable fastening elements I6.

The arm rests l4 have at the inner sides thereof and secured to the under surfaces thereof, cleats H as shown.

The cleats ll are preferably of a length sub-' stantially equal to the length of the feet 5 and at their rear ends are notched as at l8 to accommodate the ends of a cross-bar or cleat I9 that serves as a support for inclined back-rest slats or boards 20.

The slats or boards 20 are preferably equal in number the seat slats or boards I2 and are secured to the rear ends of the seat boards or slats l2 through the medium of nails or other easily removable fastening elements 2 i Also, the back-rest slats or boards 20 are nailed or secured through the medium of suitable easily removable fastening elements 22 to the cross-bar or cleat I9.

In connection with the feet 5 and the arm-rests 14 it will be noted that each is formed from an oblong plank from which, adjacent one end thereof, a section has been removed providing for the feet 5 the aforementioned edges 6 and for the arm-rests l4 similar edges 6'. Thus it will be seen that the feet 5 and arm-rests 14 are identical in construction and may be interchangeably used as feet or arm-rests as found desirable.

Also the portions of the material remaining after sawing the boards forming the feet 5 and arm-rests I4 respectively to provide the aforementioned edges 6 and 6' respectively'serve to constitute the aforementioned braces l5. Thus it will be appreciated that little or no waste material will result in forming the feet 5, arm-rests l4, and braces [5.

From the above it will be apparent that the structure may be easily knocked down for storage or shipping purposes and just as easily set up for use, and this, whether the structure be in the nature of a toy, or as a chair or settee for use by children and/or adults.

It is thought that a clear understanding of the construction, utility and advantages of an invention of this character will be had without a more detailed description thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

As a new article of manufacture, a piece of furniture comp-rising a pair of feet members, a plurality of standards secured in pairs to said feet members to rise vertically therefrom, arm rests supported by said standards at the upper ends of the latter, vertical brace members supcross-bars, a crosS-oleat supported by saidarmrest cleats and having ends engaging in the notches of said arm-rest cleats, and back-rest slats supported at the rear ends of said seat slats and in an inclined position by said cross-cleat.

JOHN B. ROCK. 

